Welcome
New Lullaby is a beautiful, perceptive, and evocative
performance that earns and deserves your rapt appreciation. Most of
all, however, it felt to me like a courageous exploration of a mood
or a state that is rarely identified, and these days all-too rarely
enjoyed: attentive peacefulness.
– Glenn Kurtz, author of Practicing, A Musician's Return To Music
"Mom, this is the music I want to fall asleep to for the rest of my life." – 5 year old fan
"This is not some godawful Classics-for-Baby CD" – Fanfare
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Score Anthologies, Volumes 1 & 2
Listen To the New Lullaby AlbumS
The Composers & guitarist
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NEW LULLABY 2010 |
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Larget-Caplan guitar & founder |
Lynn
Job The Sixth Night |
Jonathan
Feist No Time & Leaky Roof |
Francine
Trester My Darling's Slumber |
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| Kevin
Siegfried Cradle Song |
Mark
Small Descent to a Dream |
Scott
Wheeler Nachtlied |
Eric
Schwartz Song Softly Song, in Trying Times |
Ryan
Vigil Shhhh |
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| Nolan
Stolz Lullaby for Sam |
Carson
Cooman Unfolding the Gates of Dawn |
John
McDonald You are alone to Sleep |
David
Vayo Berceuse |
David
Leisner Disturbed a Lullaby |
| The Legend of Hagoromo October 2016 |
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Bird Song: Canary Burton and Friends 2014 |
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| Ken
Ueno Ed è Subito Sera |
Kota
Nakamura Sui-hou (ephemeral) |
Canary
Burton Whispers |
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| NIGHTS TRANSFIGURED November 6, 2020 |
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| Agustin Castilla-Avila Perseiden |
Francine
Trester Lullaby for Our Time |
Alan Fletcher Lullaby in Three Voices |
Patricia
Julien After Many Days Without Rain |
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| David
McMullin Sleeping Light, Spinning World |
Vineet
Shende Reva's Lullaby |
Stephanie Ann Boyd Esperanza |
James
Dalton A World of Your Own |
Garrett
Ian Shatzer Lullaby for D--- |
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| Roger Eon Berceuse |
Demetrius
Spaneas A Child Sings at Thanksgiving |
Thomas
L. Read The Moon Through the Window Shines Down |
Thomas
Schuttenhelm Wiegenlied |
Barnaby
Oliver The Pillow That You Dream On |
| DRIFTING June 4/Aug. 6, 2021 |
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| Scott
Scharf Lullaby |
Ricardo
Ordriozola Lullabye |
Boris Rivchun Russian Lullaby |
Tim Pence The Sleeping Guitar |
Ian
Wiese Seeketh Not Its Own |
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| Stefanie Lubkowski Drifting |
Anthony R. Green Counting Backwards |
Charles
Turner White Potatoes |
Martin
M. Schreiner A Lullaby in Restless Times |
Frank
E. Warren Canción de Niñez |
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| Gerard
Drozd Le belle addormentate |
Francine
Trester Dreamcatcher |
Jacob
Mashak Lulubye (2011) Rest, Madrid (2008) |
John
McDonald Upward |
Michael Veloso Little Dancer |
Premiered & To Be Recorded |
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| Milad Yousufi Kabuli Lullaby |
Joshua
Hahn Lullaby |
Nomi
Epstein Lulebiye |
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| Stanley
Hoffman Naomi's Lullaby |
Wheaton College Composers: Siv Anderson, Gordon Jones, Tim Larson, Montana Rogers |
Kathryn
Salfelder Whispering into the night |
David
Patterson Counting Sheep (2010) Lullaby for Ewe (2013) |
Gregory Biss Lullaby (after Schumann) |
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| Hayg
Boyadjian Cancion de Cuna |
Koji Nakano Three Lullabies from the "Spiritual Forest" |
Kincaid Rabb Water Lilies |
Štěpán Rak Lullaby |
Curtis Hughes lullibule |
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| John Johnstone Blue Lullaby |
Brian Schober A Winter Lullaby |
Tom Nazziola Lull-a-by-the-sea |
Ronald Pearl Berceuse Inquiète |
Laurie Spiegel Remembering |
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| Thomas L. Read Tales From A Virtual World |
Ian Wiese Midnight Train |
Antonio Celso Ribeiro Vain Lullaby |
Dean Rosenthal Sewing Piece |
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz Lullaby for Justin at 21 |
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| Sam Cave ...in the soft dark welling... |
Pasquale Tassone Ninna Nanna |
Charles
Turner Lullaby for Lahore |
Colin J.P. Homiski From Calamus to Atlantis |
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New Lullaby Videos
Interviews, Reviews, Articles, & Videos
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for upcoming performance information)
Premiere of New Lullaby n. 77 for narrator & guitar by Colin J.P. Homiski in Eastport, Maine, July 2024
Premieres of New Lullabies ns. 75 & 76 by Pasquale Tassone and Charles Turner, Boston, March 2024 - INFO
Late-night New Lullaby Concert at Tufts University, March 2024
Premiere of New Lullaby n. 71 by Sam Cave, Providence College, Sep, 2023 - Listen
Interview with Anthony R. Green by Aaron L-C about 'Counting Backwards', April 2023
Watch it HERE
ALBUM REVIEW: Nights Transfigured, vol. 3 of the New Lullaby Project in Take Effect Rviews, June 2021
"Guitar wizard" - Read it HERE
Grant Award from the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture: Opportunity Grant - 5 Concerts in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester
Read about the award and concerts HERE
PUBLICATION REVIEW: Nights Transfigured + Hushed in Soundboard, March 2022
"Composers had a pent up urge to write lullabies. Larget-Caplan should be admired and congratulated"
REVIEW: Drifting in Fanfare Magazine, Nov/Dec 2021
"Marvelous recordings that I enthusiastically recommend to you"
REVIEW: Nights Transfigured in Fanfare Magazine, Nov/Dec 2021
"A
truly beguiling hour of music making and marvelous performances of first rate music"
REVIEW: New Lullaby in Music Web International, October 2021
The complete New Lullaby Project catalogue of 3 albums: New Lullaby, Nights Transfigured, and Drifting is now issued by the UK label Stone Records, and streaming world wide, August 6, 2021
REVIEW: 'Nights Transfigured' in American Record Guide, July/August 2021
"Music Requires Deep Listening"
Anthology 'NIGHTS TRANSFIGURED' wins 3 Revere Awards from the Music Publishers Association of the United States (MPA)
1st place - Guitar Music• 2nd place Book Design, June 2021
New Anthology 'HUSHED', volume 2, featuring sixteen 21st century compositions in the genre of the lullaby.
Published by the American Composers Alliance and ALC Music Publishing, 56 pages• ACA • BANDCAMP • June 14, 2021
Aaron is featured on Conducting Conversations with Mike Maino • June 6, 2021
Features music from Nights Transfigured & Drifting •
Listen Now
New Album 'DRIFTING', vol. 3 featuring 15 New Lullabies from composers in 5 countries (Stone Records), June 4, 2021
Listen and buy CDs and Downloads
on Bandamp • Streaming worldwide on August 6, 2021
Review of NIGHTS TRANSFIGURED in The WholeNote (Canada), May 2021
"a fascinating collection of exquisite contemporary miniatures"
Lecture-Recital and Performances - 21st Century Guitar Conference, March 24, 2021
Stone Records has agreed to release the complete New Lullaby Project catalogue! Look for it on August 6, 2021
Premiere of New Lullabies by Stepan Rak, Curtis Hughes, March 17 & 21, 2021
New Lullaby Project essay in NeuGuitars by Andrea Aguzzi (Italian/English), Feb. 8 2021
'Nights Transfigured' Album Review in This is Classical Guitar (Canada), Jan. 29, 2021
NEW ANTHOLOGY 'Nights Transfigured', volume 1, Jan. 1, 2021
15 Scores published by the American Composers Alliance (PDF) • Press release • Purchase Autographed Copy
New Lullabies featured on Podcast Conducting Conversations with Mike Maino, Nov. 22, 2020
NEW ALBUM!! 'Nights Transfigured', vol. 2 of the New Lullaby Project, Nov. 6, 2020
14 New Solos for guitar • Listen, Download & Reserve CDs at BANDCAMP
Seeking Out Lullabies, Article in the Dorchester Reporter, October 22, 2020
Who's Afraid of a Lullaby?! concerts with the Boston New Music Festival.
The concerts celebrate the forthcoming issue of Nights Transfigured the album and anthology of scores.
Premieres by Anthony R. Green & Kincaid Rabb.
Nov. 10 at 8pm EST & Nov. 15 at 1pm EST• Zoom
'Night Transfigured' online concerts with visual artist Laura Sofia Pérez through Groupmuse,
Premieres #'s 58 & 59 by Stefanie Lubkowski & Francine Trester,
2pm & 8pm on May 2020
New Lullabies at the Banff Centre for Creativity 'Oscillating Dream Space' w/artists Laura Sofia Pérez
and Jasmin Yeh, January 2020 • FB Photo Album
New Lullaby Project premiers #53 & #54 at the International
Festival of Arts & Ideas Festival, June 2018
Late-Night Night Songs concert at Salem
State University, Feb. 5, 2018
New Lullaby premiere #52 by Stanley Hoffman in Jamaica Plain, MA, April
26, 2017
Night Songs at the Coast Theater, Cannon Beach, Oregon,
March 26, 2017
New Lullabies #50 & #51 in an all-ages program at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (ICA), Feb. 17, 2017
New Lullaby Project premieres in the Coast Weekend, February 2015
New Lullabies by Ken Ueno & Kota Nakamura to be released on Stone
Records, UK, May 2015
New Lullabies #'s 45 & 46 to be premiered in February & March
2015
New Lullaby Video Playlist (24 Videos) - Feb. 2015
2014
Year in Pictures and Videos - Dec. 2014
New Lullaby Project Celebrates 7 Years!! - Read the Blog, Dec.
2013
The New Lullaby Project is on Facebook - join the FB group, 2012
Article in the Dorchester Reporter, Nov. 23, 2011
The Front Row on Houston Pubilc Radio w/ host Bob Stevenson, Oct. 2011 (interview & music)
Classical
Guitar Magazine (UK) – CD Review, Feb. 2011 by Steve
Marsh
Ideal late-night listening – recommended.”
Fanfare
Magazine
- Feature Review Jan/Feb 2011 Issue by Barnaby Rayfield
This is not some godawful
Classics-for-Baby CD, something new has been attempted here…
Fanfare
Magazine
- Feature Review Jan/Feb 2011 Issue by Jeremy Marchant
Aaron Larget-Caplan's playing catches every nuance
of the music.
Upon Listening - The Triangle from Mu Phi Epsilon Fall 2010 by Sherry Kloss
Audiophile
4/5 stars & Spirit
of Change, Sep., Oct. 2010 New Lullaby CD review by
Jason Serinus
4 out 5 Stars
El Show de Fernandito, August 13, 2010 (Video interview)
El Show de Fernandito, August 13, 2010 (My Darling's Slumber by Francine Trester - VIDEO)
College Music Society, March 2009, (Lullaby for Sam by Nolan Stolz - VIDEO)
Boston Globe, April 30, 2009 (featuring audio of lulalbies by Jonathan Feist, Francine Trester)
Harvard Post, April 28, 2009 (featuring Jonathan Feist and Aaron L-C)
Why a Lullaby?
In 2006 I released my debut album, Tracing a wheel on water, on which I
recorded an Afro-Cuban lullaby arranged by Leo Brouwer (Cancion de
cuna). Whether hearing it in a live concert or from the Tracing CD,
people always spoke about how the lullaby "got 'em", even though there
was much more 'difficult' music being played. I asked myself why this
simple piece of music could grab so much attention? The other works were
also highly praised, but none got as much public reaction as the
lullaby. Was it the simplicity or beauty of that particular melody or
did people just need a rest? Many people suggested an album of lullabies
with a focus on famous ones arranged for guitar, but that had been done
and the idea did not intrigue me. Around this time, I played an
arrangement of George Gershwin's Summertime by Toru Takemitsu and my
questions were answered: Bring the two worlds together! Being passionate
for contemporary music, I began asking living composers to write brief
new compositions for solo guitar in the genre of a lullaby. And with
that, the New Lullaby Project created, and the next day I practiced.
Musically,
Aaron
Larget-Caplan
From New Lullaby CD Liner Notes:
There are two basic types of lullabies: one gives the listeners warmth
and protection, while the second tends to be darker with hints of fear.
The former calls for good dreams to the wary soul, and lets him know
that he will awake safely in a better tomorrow. The latter lives on the
idea that night and even sleep can be dangerous. Maybe this comes from
the folk tradition of tempering our demons by singing to them, voicing
our fears that are greater than our worldly matters, or the simple truth
that one can catch a cold if one's feet are not fully covered while
sleeping.
Who's afraid of a Lullaby?!
Buy the New Lullaby Album
Score Anthologies, Volumes 1 & 2